The Oahu pumpkin patch lineup looks different this year. Aloun Farms, the original and the biggest, has left Kapolei for their Kunia market and cut back to two October weekends. Waimanalo Country Farms is running its usual long season, September 26 through November 11, at a higher price than last year. A few smaller community patches usually open in October but haven’t posted dates yet. So what’s actually open this fall, and what will it cost you?
Waimanalo Country Farms
Waimanalo Country Farms is a stunning family run 52-acre farm tucked between the towering Koolau Mountains and beach in Waimanalo that is known for their sunflowers, lemonade, and pumpkin patch.
Open September 26 through November 11 this year, pending bloom. Weekdays 1pm to 4pm, weekends 9am to 4pm, last entry at 4pm and the fields close at 4:30. No reservations for the daytime event; it’s first come, first served.
Our family’s first visit to an Oahu pumpkin patch was at this farm for a school field trip in 2016. I was surprised to discover the pumpkins scattered around an old corn field but the kids didn’t seem to notice. They were too busy finding their perfect pumpkin. P.S. if you’re new to Hawaii, your pumpkin will rot within a couple days of carving. Paint it or save the carving to October 30th.
The pumpkins are the draw of course but what makes it a worthwhile event is everything else. There’s a slow tractor ride around the farm (and most kids love a giant vehicle for some reason), cute animals in the petting zoo, games to play, fresh squeezed lemonade and a happy sunflower field.
What it costs
Entry is $12 general and $10 kamaaina or military Monday through Thursday. Friday through Sunday it’s $15 general and $12 kamaaina or military. Everyone three and up pays. Under two is free.
Then budget for the rest of it, because entry is just the door. Pumpkins are $2 to $30 depending on size and are not included. Sunflowers are $3 a stem and you can’t cut your own. Add lemonade and snacks and a couple of activities and a family of four can clear a hundred dollars without trying. Bring cash if you can; cards add a 3.5% fee.
Prices have gone up every year I’ve been going. Still worth it, but go in knowing.
Before you go
Parking is limited and on busy days you may end up parked off-site and walking in. Weekday afternoons are much quieter than weekends if your schedule allows it. There’s a nine and a half foot height clearance for vehicles, which matters if you’re in something tall.
No pets. Service dogs only.
You can take all the photos you want with your phone or your own camera. They just ask you not to camp out at any one photo spot while other people are waiting. Professional photo sessions are a different story and aren’t allowed during public hours at all (after hours are an option – see more below).
41-225 Lupe St, Waimanalo, HI 96795, https://www.waimanalocountryfarms.com/
Sunflower Field Photos, After the Field Closes
Booking an after-hours spot in the sunflower field has turned into a tradition my daughter and I both look forward to. The farm doesn’t allow professional sessions during public hours, so the only way to do it is to reserve a slot after the field closes, when it’s empty and the light is going gold.
I love this sunflower background so much that I’m opening up photo spots to families. Want to play with your family against this happy backdrop? Contact me at heather@hilittlebird.com ASAP so I can try to secure a spot for you!
Aloun Farms
A large, 3,000 acre working farm in Kapolei hosted a pumpkin festival the last three weekends of October for more than twenty years. It was the most authentic Oahu pumpkin patch experience, since you harvested the pumpkins off the vine rather than picking them out of a field. It was a very large, busy event with a farmer’s market, craft vendors, sunflower fields, and keiki rides. It was usually sunny and super hot.
That version is over. For 2026 the festival has moved off the Kapolei farm to Aloun Country Market in Kunia, and shrunk to two weekends.
2026 dates and location
Saturday and Sunday, October 17 and 18, and October 24 and 25, 8am to 5pm. Aloun Country Market, 94-488 Kunia Rd, Waipahu, at the corner of Kunia Road.
They’re calling it Back to Our Roots and describing it as a simpler farm day: self-pick pumpkins, sunflower fields, produce at the market, and local vendors. No admission price has been posted. The market itself is a small operation that’s normally open Saturday mornings, not a festival ground. This is a first year at a new site, so go in expecting something closer to a farm market with pumpkins than to the festival you remember.
Three More to Consider
Mari’s Gardens, Mililani
A nursery rather than a farm, so this is the small, low-key option (and they have the cutest plants!). Free to walk in, pumpkins priced by weight, usually somewhere between $3 and $20. In past years the patch has been open Monday through Saturday, 9am to 4pm, for most of October. They also run a one-day fall festival on a Saturday late in the month with food and craft vendors, plant sales, and a keiki planting activity.
The patch is quite small. That’s a downside if you’re picturing a field and a real plus if you have a two-year-old and no interest in driving to Waimanalo.
94-415 Makapipipi St, Mililani, https://marisgardens.com/
Kuilima Farm, Kahuku
Turtle Bay Resort’s farm, and the only pumpkin patch on the North Shore. Free admission with paid parking, usually $5. Typically one or two weekends in late October or early November, 9am to 2pm. Pumpkin patch, tractor rides, farm tours, fall photo backdrops, petting zoo, local vendors, and live entertainment.
Worth pairing with a North Shore day.
57-146 Kamehameha Highway, Kahuku, https://kuilimafarm.com/
14th Annual Great Pumpkin Festival, Holy Nativity School
A beloved community event and fundraiser for Holy Nativity School held on their ‘Aina Haina campus. Thousands of locally grown pumpkins in their Oahu pumpkin patch and a host of keiki activities from character appearances, games, contests, plant and bake sale, and a popular craft fair.
Saturday October 17, 2026, 9am to 3pm. The Pumpkin Keiki Zone ticket is $10 per person, keiki 2 and under free, and it includes pumpkin patch access plus a mini pumpkin, the petting zoo, Woody and Jessie meet and greets, live entertainment, contests, and keiki activities. Scrip is sold separately for face painting and Midway games. Food trucks, local markets, and the plant and bake sale are open throughout.
5286 Kalanianaʻole Hwy, Honolulu, HI 96821
Which Oahu pumpkin patch is best?
Waimanalo Country Farms is best suited for scenery, a farm experience and rustic charm, the changes at Aloun make it an unknown this year, but apparently a calmer affair. The Great Pumpkin Festival at Holy Nativity School and the event at Turtle Bay are fun family events and Mari’s is super low-key, more of a bonus for plant lovers. In short, It really depends on the experience you’re looking for. While you decide, I leave you with a pumpkin picking technique from 5-year-old Mila. “Knock on it. You have to find the one with the best beat.”
Ready for fall photos of your own?
Mini sessions are coming to a few spots around the island this fall, fifteen minutes each, and they tend to fill up fast once dates go out. Join the waitlist and you’ll hear about dates before anyone else does.
Oahu Pumpkin Patch FAQs
A: No. For 2026 the pumpkin festival moved to Aloun Country Market at 94-488 Kunia Rd in Waipahu, and runs two weekends instead of three. The Farrington Highway farm in Kapolei is not hosting the event this year.
This is the single most valuable question on the page. It’s new information, it’s exactly what a returning visitor will type, and no competing roundup has caught up to it yet.
A: Not off the vine. The pumpkins are scattered across an open field rather than growing there, so you’re choosing one rather than harvesting one. Kids generally don’t notice the difference.
A: It depends on the farm. Waimanalo Country Farms is first come, first served for regular admission, with reservations only required for private picnics or after-hours photo sessions. Holy Nativity School sells timed festival tickets in advance. Aloun’s new Kunia event hasn’t said either way for 2026.
A: At Waimanalo, yes for the sunflower field and animals alone, though it adds up fast once you add pumpkins, lemonade, and the tractor ride. Reviewers who called it pricey were usually counting all of that together, not just the door price.
A: Very little. Some activities and the food area are covered but otherwise, it’s an open field, and October in Waimanalo still runs hot. Bring a hat and sunscreen and plan for a morning or late-afternoon visit if you can.
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